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High-Quality Copper Oxide Crystals Synthesized for Quantum Photonics

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Researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology report that they have developed a scalable production method for cuprous oxide (Cu2O) micrometer-size crystals. Also involved in the study were the Institute of Solid State Physics; Graz Universit...

Apr 30, 2020

Scientists reveal the magnetic states of nanoscale gyroids

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers revealed the magnetic states of nanoscale gyroids, 3D chiral network-like nanostructures. The findings add a new candidate system for research into unconventional information processing and emergent phenomena relevant to spintronics.

Apr 30, 2020

Scientists reveal the magnetic states of nanoscale gyroids

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers revealed the magnetic states of nanoscale gyroids, 3D chiral network-like nanostructures. The findings add a new candidate system for research into unconventional information processing and emergent phenomena relevant to spintronics.

Apr 30, 2020

Machine learning enhances light–matter interactions in dielectric nanostructures

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The discovery has promising possibilities for the development of a wide range of photonic devices and applications including those involved in optical sensing, optoacoustic vibrations, and narrowband filtering.

Apr 30, 2020

Better understanding of nature's nanomachines may help in design of future drugs

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Many of the drugs and medicines that we rely on today are natural products taken from microbes like bacteria and fungi. Within these microbes, the drugs are made by tiny natural machines known as nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs). A researc...

Apr 30, 2020

Nanodevices for the brain could thwart formation of Alzheimer's plaques

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Researchers designed a nanodevice with the potential to prevent peptides from forming dangerous plaques in the brain in order to halt development of Alzheimer's disease.

Apr 30, 2020

Intricate magnetic configuration of 3D nanoscale gyroid networks revealed

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A multinational team of researchers from Tohoku University and institutions in the UK, Germany and Switzerland has revealed the magnetic states of nanoscale gyroids, 3D chiral network-like nanostructures. The findings add a new candidate system fo...

Apr 30, 2020

Optical 'nanomixer': Scientists propose new method for mixing liquids

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Every now and then, scientists need to control the process of mixing liquids in vessels so small that the thinnest needle or even a hair wouldn't fit in there. At the same time, controlling the diffusion speed of molecules in the so-called mi...

Apr 30, 2020

Quantum Computer of the Future: A Novel 2D Build With Existing Technology

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

The basic units of a quantum computer can be rearranged in 2D to solve typical design and operation challenges. Quantum computing is increasingly becoming the... The post Quantum Computer of the Future: A Novel 2D Build With Existing Technology ap...

Apr 29, 2020

Researchers measure cancer cell mechanics in living animals using nanoparticles

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A first-of-its-kind nanoparticle-based in vivo imaging technique that may one day be used to help diagnose and even treat cancer has been developed by researchers collaborating from Michigan State, Johns Hopkins and Stanford universities.

Apr 29, 2020

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